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Go to the front desk of the hotel where you're staying. Tell them you need a cord. They'll pull a big box of cords out and you can see if there's one that will power your laptop. Likely they'll just give it to you, but if necessary you can return it to them when you check out.

People leave cords in hotel rooms All. The. Time.

Hope you see this. If someone knows how to reach Bonnie, please give her a call and tell her to check at the front desk of the hotel where she's staying now.

She is human!! Like Dorothy said, it happens all the time. OOooh, thanks for all the vintage quilt eye candy! I always know where to get my fix of quilter fun, vintage machines and lovely quilts both old and new. Thanks Bonnie. Hugs, Allison

Tonya! REALLY enjoying your book, Word Play Quilts. It is a great tutorial for crumb piecing AND I'm building words now too. Thank you for being an UnRuly Quilter and being inspired by Gwen Marston's Liberated Quiltmaking!! So glad that Bonnie carries your book on her website too! Thanks again, Allison

People often leave cords at hotels. I stayed at a hotel where they had a pile of computer/phone charging cords on a table. Guess they were left and no one called about them. The hotel you are staying at one night might have one you could borrow and use. Goodwill also has lots of orphan computer and phone charging cords. Just a thought.

Saw a tut on the web yesterday, intended to mark it, but cannot locate it now.If I describe it to you, I am sure you will be able to sew one. CORD STORAGE POUCHCut five circles of bright fabric the size needed to hold your wound cord. Press four pieces in half and arrange on the top of the fifth. Weaving the last two, just like the stem wear costers. Stitch around the outside, turn, and you have a bright holder for your cord to remind you take it with you. Plus you did not have toput in a zipper. I plan to make one for my portable machine cord, but will use a double layer of fabric for the fifth circle to give it more body.

Of all the batches quilts you've shown us from antique store trips, this batch is one of my favorites. So many great ones! Love the blue/gold/red scrappy gingham diamonds, and the pyramids on pink. Also love how the guy-friendly shirt stripes and brown paths change the usually feminine Gma's Flower Garden pattern into something completely different. Thanks for the inspiration!

Being 'unplugged' isn't such a bad thing ... whatever did we do before computers were such a huge part of our lives ... we waited until we got home to share our pictures. Have fun, we can wait for the next time you are 'plugged in'. I do like the idea for a cord carrier that was posted earlier -